Hazleton v. Le Duc
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
This is an action of assumpsit brought in the court below by the appellee, William G. Le Due, against the appellant, George C. Hazelton, to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract by which it is claimed that appellant agreed to purchase from appellee a certain house and lot in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, known as lot numbered 46, in square numbered 199. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment against appellant for the sum of $2,900; and…
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This is an action of assumpsit brought in the court below by the appellee, William G. Le Due, against the appellant, George C. Hazelton, to recover damages for the breach of an alleged contract by which it is claimed that appellant agreed to purchase from appellee a certain house and lot in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, known as lot numbered 46, in square numbered 199. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment against appellant for the sum of $2,900; and he appealed to this court, alleging certain errors in the rulings of the trial justice in admitting evidence, and in…
1Opinion of the Court
Contracts for Sale of Land; Statute of Frauds; Attorney and Client ; Ratification of Attorney’s Act ; Evidence ; Pleading and Practice; Tender; Waiver; Measure of Damages.
1. Quiere, whether an agreement is valid within the Statute of Frauds, if signed by the party to be charged, although unsigned and not binding upon the other party.
2. When the holder of second deed of trust notes sends the notes to an attorney for collection, and property upon which they are secured is bid in by the attorney for his client at a sale under a first deed of trust, and a contract for the sale of the land is…
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- Dresel v. JordanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
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